Carboy



Jan. 26 1926.

H. A. KAST GARBOY Filed Ju1y 11, 1924 BY P- 2 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 26, li926.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFElcE.

HARRY A. KAST, OF EIVMHURST, NEW YORK,VASSIGNOKR TO THE KALBFLEISCH COR- PORATION, VOF `NEW' YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

CARBOY.

To all whom t may concern.' Y Be it'known that I, HARRY A. KAs'r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, have invented an Improvement in Carboys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carboys. Commercial carboys comprise a bottle which is encased in a box, and it is necessary to have the enclosing box of such a structure that it will be passed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, that it will protect the interior bottle as far as possible against breakage, and it must not be so expensive as to prevent its wide use. In practice it has been found difficult to meet these requirements and produce a box of sufficient strength and cheapness which would cushion the bottle so as to protect 1t against shock in all directions. Furthermore, such carboys are used largely for acids, and even if the bottle is not broken there is likely to be such spilling of acid as will attack any metallic parts'of the box, and so it is necessary to have the casing substantially acid-proof. In previous attempts to cushion the bottles, cushions have been used beneath and at the sides'of the enclosing box or casing, but they have been so disposed that under severe shocks in certain directions, the cushion would permit the bottle to come into such solid contact with the bottom or side of the casing, or with the floor or ground as to cause breakage.

My invention is intended to obviate the difficulties above named, and produce a simple, not too expensive carboy in which the material is all acid-proof and in which the bottom, sides, and a part of the top of the bottle are cushioned effectively so that the bottle will resist great shock in any direction without breaking. In carrying out this result, I have wooden cushions preferably in the form of laminated hard Wood springs, the bottom cushions crossing one another at right angles below the bottle and being supported at their outer ends only, thus giving them the necessary reinforcement by crossing them, and the requisite elasticity by supporting them at their extreme ends without any center support. I also use the side cushions of like character Ii-rhich are arranged vertically and prefer.-

/ Application mea Juiy 11, 1924. serial No. 725,501.

ably disposed at angles to the bottom cushions, these side cushions being secured at the bottom to abutments which lie in a lower plane than the supports of the crossing bottom cushions, and being secured at the tops by abutments which extend within the vertical side planes of the bottle. Thus the side cushions converge inwardly above and below the bottle so as to cushion it not only against side thrust, but to hold it resiliently against end thrust, and as the bottoms of the side cushions are secured at a lower plane than the supports of the crossing bottom cushions, it will be seen that if the carboy as a whole is dropped, the shock will be distributed between the side and bottom cushions, and thus sufficient strength and great resiliency are afforded so that breakage is unlikely. All of which will be better understood from the description which follows.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views. i

Figure l is a plan view of the carboy embodying my invention with the cover removed.

Figure 2 is avertical cross section on the line 2 2 of Figure l, with the cover inplace. Figure 3 is a horizontal crosssection through the carboy, and

Figure 4 is a broken section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

The bottle 10 of the carboy can be. any conventional bottle, and it is held in an outer casing 1l, usually styled a box, and this can be of any usual or preferred construction. Arranged horizontally near the lbox bottom are transverse cushions 12 which are of laniinated structure, preferably thin oaken strips, and the two cushions or springs cross one another at right angles, are held well above the bottom or floor of the box 10, and are supported at their ends only on blocks Arranged vertically in the `box and disposed between the cushions 12, are similar cushions 14, preferably of laminated wood, which at theirlower ends are secured to the inner sid-es of the abutment blocks 15, and at their npper ends .are secured to the 4 corner pieces 16 which are similar to the pieces 15. These blocks 15 and 16 are disposed in sets one above the other as shown, and they project into the box so that their inner edges are within the vertical planel represented by the sides ot the bottle 10. Thus the bottle by its pressure bulges out the sides of the cushions 14 so that these act on the bottom and top ot' the bottle to preventl its sliding lengthwise.

It will be noticed by reference to Figures 2 and 4 that the blocks 12 are substantially higher than the blocks 15, so that the springs or cushions 12 lie in a plane noticeably higher than the tops ot' the said blocks 15. Consequently in case of severe shock which might cause the cushions 12 to buckle sut fici'ently to permit the bottle lO'to strike the floor of the box and break the bottle, this is prevented by the auxiliary cushion effect ot' the springs 14C which absorb part ot the shock.

It will be seen that if the cushions 12 and the blocks 15 are on substantially the same plane, in such a case there will be a substantially dead point between the lower corners of the bottle and the blocks 15 which by reason oE the lack of resilience would permit the breaking of the bottle under such circun'istances.

When the carboy is to be used, the box 15 and cushions 14 are placed in posit-ion, the bottle inserted, and the blocks 16 then forced intoA the top of the box and fastened, causing the bulging ot' the cushions asdescribed. The blocks 16 are then fastened in place and a. cover 17 placed over the top as usual, this having Vsutiicient,` clearance 18 to prevent any contact between the neck of the bottle and the cover.

From the foregoing description it will be 'seen that I have devised-a simple and not expensive carboy in which the bottle is nice'- ly cushioned against thrusts in any direction, that it can be made ot' wood entirely, and makes a strong, simple structure.

I clain 1. A carboy comprising a bottle and an enclosing box or casing theretor, abutments on the casing bottom opposite the plane sides thereof, transverse cushions supported on the abutments and extending beneath the bott-le leaving a clear space beneath near the middle portions, vertical acid resisting cushions each comprising a iat. strip of material, said cushions being unconnected with each other leaving av clear space between them, the lower ends of said cushions being secured at poi-nts within the plane of the bottle sides and at a lower point than the support for the bottom cushions, and acid resisting corner blocks in the upper corners ot the casing of a size to bring the upper ends of the vertical cushions wit-hin the plane ot the bottle sides.

2. A carboy comprising a bottle and an enclosing box or casing therefor, abutments on the casing bottom opposite the plane sides thereof,l transverse cushions supported on the abutments and extending beneath the bottle leaving a clear space beneath their middle portions, vertical cushions of acid resisting material arranged opposite the. casing corners, the lower ends of the vertical cushions being secured at points within the plane-of the bottle sidesv and at a lower point than the supports for the bottom cushions, and acid resistingcorner blocks in the upper corners ofthe casingoi a-size to bring the. abutting upper .ends ot' the vertical cushionswithin the. plane. of the bottle sides.

In testimony whereof, I have ,signed my name tov this specification. this Sth day ot July, 1924.

HARRY A. KAST.V 

